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- 117 Minutes
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Language French with English subtitles
- Rated: PG-13
- Format: 1.85:1
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- Directed by Philippe Claudel
- Written by Philippe Claudel
- Starring Elsa Zylberstein, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Grevill, Serge Hazanavicius
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Synopsis:
Juliette Fontaine (Thomas) is a frail, haunted woman, an ex-doctor who's a shell of her former self. Having served 15 years in prison for an unspeakable crime, she's back on the "outside." With nowhere else to go, she comes to live with her loving but estranged sister Lea (Zylberstein). Together the sisters embark on a painful but redemptive journey back from life's darkest edge in this gripping drama of struggle and salvation.
Won: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Reader Jury of the Berliner Morgenpost, 2008 Berlin International Film Festival; Best First Work, Best Supporting Actress (Zylberstein), 2009 César Awards; Best Actress (Thomas), 2008 European Film Awards
Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film, Best Actress (Thomas), 2009 Golden Globes
Review:
"Thomas' performance& is acting at its most exalted. This is film being used for its supreme purpose and function, to show us, moment by moment, the grand movements of a soul." -- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
(Read more)- More on I've Loved You So Long:
- Official film Web site
- Interview with director Philippe Claudel
